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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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1 yr. ago

  • Where’s Firefox going next? You tell us.

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  • Man I am the complete opposite. I need my browser to display the Web with tons and tons of tweaks and adjustments and filters in place to make it actually readable for me. Rawdogging the Web in 2025 is wild.

  • Does anyone truly think times are better now than 30 years ago? (US)

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  • I don't disagree, but OP didn't ask for trend predictions. Anyone who tries to convince you "things" are worse today than than they were in 1995 is either trying to gaslight you, or doesn't consider the experience of the LGBT community to be as equally valuable as everyone else.

  • Home server advice

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  • Using recycled parts is the best advice. As you said, it's almost certainly overkill and the price can't be beat.

  • Does anyone truly think times are better now than 30 years ago? (US)

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  • Unless you’re part of a marginalized group I suppose.

    This is a pretty dismissive take. "Sure, things have improved for the blacks and queers, but what about us... uh, regular folk?"

  • I have now found 1070 verified accounts from media organizations in the #Fediverse, but only on #Mastodon, #Flipboard, #Threads, #Bluesky, #Ghost and #Peertube.

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  • Hilarious that that account's made a single comment pushing back on classic lemmy hysteria/paranoia and then apparently left the platform.

  • Mastodon is improving profiles and getting ready for quote posts

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  • I think quote posts are undesirable for the reasons you mentioned but I have to accept that it will be huge for adoption, and the flip side (promoting others work in a positive light) is also going to be really great.

  • The Fediverse Passport: A needed tool.

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  • I like where your head's at, but Mastodon's system of verification seems much easier to me and doesn't rely on a third party.

  • Fchan, the federated imageboard, is apparently still alive

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  • Lemmy does feel more and more like 4chan every day...

  • Which Distros Are Doing Best Currently?

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  • Not positive but IIRC with Fedora you can change updates to weekly/monthly etc.

  • Which Distros Are Doing Best Currently?

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  • We're simultaneously in a place where there are more options than ever, and yet it's become increasingly clear there are really only 4-5 options.

  • Reddit CEO pledges site will remain “written by humans and voted on by humans”

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  • Does it count as "a human" if it's a bot reposting human-made content for the 50th time?

  • Reddit CEO pledges site will remain “written by humans and voted on by humans”

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  • I know he's just selling the platform to AI companies, but it's an odd take considering they've been moving away from being a message board and towards being just another content feed for years now.

  • What's the best distro for a windows user with some linux experience

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  • yeaaaaah I can't break it

  • What's the best distro for a windows user with some linux experience

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  • Fedora Kinoite.

    KDE Plasma (very Windows-ey) and it is "immutable" which means you can't break it.

    Someone else said Kubuntu which aesthetically will look the same and is also a good choice but if you want to start with a "just works" I recommend an immutable distro.

  • Making Smallest Possible Linux Distro (x64) - YouTube

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  • Wow, it (1.3mb) can fit on a single 3.5" floppy.

  • Threads is adding fediverse content to your social feeds

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  • "EEE" doesn't really make sense in this context, and even if there was some way for Meta to affect non Meta-owned instances- ActivityPub is an open protocol and Meta is allowed to use it however they want.

  • Threads is adding fediverse content to your social feeds

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  • Got it, very interesting! I look forward to it being worked out soon, Wordpress federation is awesome.

  • Threads is adding fediverse content to your social feeds

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  • Still not fully integrated, but it's nice to see broader ActiviyPub adoption beyond "follow a handful of users who opted-in". I never expected Meta to be the company inching towards federation and not bluesky. Makes me wonder if Tumblr will ever follow through with their promises to federate.

    edit: To the (sadly predictable) response that "Meta will screw you over in a heartbeat" YES, of COURSE they will, that's why it's GOOD to be able to access Threads content safely and privately from a non-Meta controlled platform.

  • Plex has paywalled my server!

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  • Jellyfin is great, but in defense of Plex, they announced that remote streaming would require one of the two parties to have a Plex pass was coming back in March so I don't know if it's fair to say they are holding anything hostage.